After speaking with Kevin and showing initial ideas he suggested I look directly at historical sources rather than looking into realised adaptations of historical garments. This has helped a lot and allowed me to come up with fresher ideas.
I’ve been trying to work on moving elements of costume to use them for a different purpose. E.g. taking a 16th century ruff and using that to create a skirt of sleeve etc. I’m trying to work on designing less basic shapes and adding more “over the top” elements where possible.
I’ve been using a book called “fashion. The ultimate history of costume” this has been a book that I’ve been using to use historical garments as inspiration.
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